By Harry Smith
Graham Potter's Chelsea played under a lot of pressure from Manchester United, who created a lot of chances, but Erik ten Hag's team could not confirm that they started the game far superior to their opponents, they could not convert the chances that were there for the Red Devils, they were not convincing in scoring goals when Chelsea allowed them to, so the home side took advantage from the penalty spot and Casemiro equalised in the 93rd minute.
They cannot waste opportunities against an opponent with these characteristics, a crucial duel for the illusions of the Champions League on the part of Manchester United, they have not been able to demonstrate with actions that they have the intention of entering these qualifying positions, they were given the advantage of being able to look for the rival and they did not take advantage, it took a long time for this team to recover from the answers that Chelsea gave, and so came the penalty that Jorginho scored.
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Erik ten Hag's team slowed the pace of the game because the opponent had time to settle and improve, that was a mistake by the Old Trafford team, they did not take advantage of opportunities to get in front with superiority, they created opportunities on many occasions, but did not take advantage, they wanted to look for more options, but with the game advanced, those opportunities were over because Chelsea improved, and if they took advantage. In the end Casemiro had a great goal to save this result.
Also, the team was not forceful through their English striker, the only striker on the team, under no pressure due to Martial not having recovered from his injury, and the absence of Cristiano due to suspension, had a very clear opportunity that he could not score, that upset an iconic player of the club, the former Irish player and current sports commentator, Roy Keane did not hesitate to criticise that play of Marcus Rashford, which was significant at the end of the game. They had a lot of chances and it could have been a comfortable win.
Cristiano Ronaldo was dropped from the squad for this game, the gesture he made against Erik ten Hag by refusing to come on in the final minutes and then leaving Old Trafford before the game was over costing the 37-year-old Portuguese star dearly, which Keane said would have been relevant to have had today, scoring against Chelsea and snatching fourth place in the Premier League, but they were unable to be forceful, while Chelsea scored the penalty that McTominay gave them. And Casemiro popped up to equalise.
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